Series: Essays: Overview of Women's Suffrage

Women in America collectively organized in 1848 at the First Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, NY to fight for suffrage (or voting rights). Over the next seventy years, not everyone followed the same path in fighting for women's equal access to the vote. The history of the suffrage movement is one of disagreements as well as cooperation. Explore this essay series to learn more about the women's suffrage movement and the legacy of the 19th Amendment.

• Article 1: Introduction: Women's Suffrage

  

  In 1848 women and men met in Seneca Falls, New York to advance the cause for women’s rights. Learn more about convention organizers Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and Susan B. Anthony and how they started the women's suffrage movement. Read more

• Article 2: Ratification: Women's Suffrage

  

  Discover the story behind the ratification of the 19th Amendment and how it empowered women in America. Read more

• Article 3: In the Press: Women's Suffrage

  

  Explore how the debate for women's suffrage played out in newspapers across America. Read more

• Article 4: Anti-Suffragists: Women's Suffrage

  

  Find out why some women and men were against women's suffrage. Read more

• Article 5: Who was excluded?: Women's Suffrage

  

  Not all women shared the same freedom to vote after the passage of the 19th Amendment. Find out why. Read more

• Article 6: What happened after?: Women's History

  

  Find out what happened after the passage of the 19th Amendment. Read more